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Bundys supporting law enforcement officers and the way it was played out by militia and other radicals on the far right, they have put wind into the sails of this movement that ultimately in some sense may have led to this latest bloodbath. >> that's incredibly frightening to think about that, mark potok from the southern law poverty center. appreciate your time. >> thanks. this morning, we want to talk about sergeant bowe bergdahl recovering after five years in captivity. back in washington, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are going after the decision to free him. spem to trade bergdah...

People in the patriot groups here in the united states. you felt the government was trying to take its weapons away and the people needed to die as a result. >> mark potok of the southern poverty law center, thank you so much. always appreciate your contributions. other news we're following, stunning new developments in the veterans affairs scandal which recently led to theress si resi of eric shinseki. a new internal audit shows that tens and thousands of veterans are waiting for health care. drew griffin first broke this story. drew is in the situation. this report, this audit is stunning....

Standoff with the government. >> we believe they equate government with fascism and those who support it with nazis. >> reporter: we went to the apartment complex where jerad miller lived with his wife. very few of them had not heard him spout his views. a neighbor yesterday saw them departing early in the morning carrying two duffle bags. wolf, she did not call the police. >> what a heartbreaking story that is. kyung lah in las vegas, thank you. let's get some perspective from mark potok which tracks extremist hate crimes. what do you make of this couple, mark? >> well, they are quite somethi...

The idea that the united states is becoming less white, is demographically not going to be dominated by whites as it has been for most of its history. listening to what -- to the -- what tamerlan tsarnaev read and so on, i think what it shows you in part is that these guys were significantly more americanized than many of us thought. they had very much gone down the kind of rabbit hole of conspiracy thinking and absorbed all kinds of ideas, you know, the world is not as it seems and so on. that's a very american preoccupation. >> mark, it's sort of an interesting confluence. we talk about this...